If you're evaluating mutual funds for your investment portfolio or retirement account, this list highlights the best small-cap funds to consider now, based on each fund outperforming the S&P 500 over the last one-, three-, five- and 10-year periods.
The funds are shown below in order of their 10-year performance. Of 342 small-cap funds at least 10 years old, three of them, or 1%, won IBD Best Mutual Funds awards for 2023.
For more details, read the overview article on our 2023 mutual funds study, or see the list of all IBD Best Mutual Funds in every category, including bond funds, diversified stock funds, large-cap and midcap funds, and breakouts of value, blend and growth stock funds.
All returns are as of Dec. 31, 2022.
Best Small-Cap Funds
| Mutual Fund | Symbol | 1-year total return | 3-year average total return | 5-year average total return | 10-year average total return | Morningstar category | Closed to new investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark: S&P 500 | -18.11% | 7.66% | 9.42% | 12.56% | |||
| Kinetics Small Cap Opportunities | KSCOX | 31.96 | 26.6 | 20.93 | 18.07 | Small Growth | No |
| Oberweis Micro-Cap | OBMCX | -10.61 | 21.22 | 13.76 | 17.26 | Small Growth | No |
| Oberweis Small-Cap Opportunities | OBSOX | -11.17 | 19.1 | 14.41 | 14.62 | Small Growth | No |
Sources: IBD, Morningstar Direct
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